Ice-pick.



S.D.HUGHES. ICE PICK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15. 1913.

1394,5653. Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

SIDNEY D. HUGHES, 0E LAUREL, MISSISISIPPI.

Enrica.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 2%, 3934.

Application filed January 15, 1913. Serial No. 742,132.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that i, SIDNEY D. Hoems, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Laurel, in the county of J ones and State of Mississippi,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Picks.

One obj cct of my invention is to provide an ice-pick which is heldwithin an operating handle and another object of my invention is toprovide a device of this"general character of a durable construction,enabling the operator to split large ice blocks, as well as break theblocks into small lumps.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described and finally pointed out in the appended claim, it being"further understood that chan es in the specific structure shownand'descri ed may be made within the scope of the claim, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the severalviews Figure 1, shows an elevational view of a pick embodyin myinvention with parts broken away. ig. 2, is a broken detached detail ofthe pick head and stem. Fig. 3, is a section on line 3, 3, of Fig. 2.

In my present invention I provide an ice pick by means of which largeblocks of ice may be split, as well. as providing a meansfor chopping upthe ice into small lumps or chunks.

In carrying out the aim of my invention I employ a stem 1, the lower endof which.

is formed into a pick head, in that I provide the tines 1, as shown inFig. .2. The upper end of. the stem 1 ends in the threaded neck 13. Theneck 13 is screwed into the threaded socket 1 1 of the disk 2 having therounded upper head 3, this disk 2 forming a w head. Arranged to slidahiyreceivethe stem 1, is the tubular sleeve 4, having the con-.

verging apertured end 5 within the apertures 6 of which is slidably heldthe'stem 1, as shown in Fig. 1. The opposite end of this sleeve t endsin a shoulder 7 from which extends the exteriorly threaded aperturedhoss 8, through the aperture 9 of which the stem 1 passes as shown.-tiaecured upon the boss 8 is'the tubular handle 10 having one endinteriorly threaded, as shown at 12, to en age the threaded boss 8, theopposite end 0 the handle being closed and provided upon the inside withthe dished bottom 11, arranged for co-action with the rounded head 3.

The head 3 is arranged to imely slide within the handle 10. In the useof the pick, the pick head is placed upon the ice when the handle 10 isdriven downward, so that the face 11, contacts with the head 3, therebydriving the tines 1 into the ice and breaking the same.

The tool is simple and inexpensive in conatone end and a threaded neckat the other arranged to pass through said sleeve apertures, and acircular head secured to said neck and slidably held within said handleto he engaged bysaid bottom, as and in the manner set forth.

I SIDNEY D. HUGHES. In testimony whereof i ailix my signature, in thepresence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: 4 A dd. C. Brien, F. H. Been.

